Helmut Newton. SUMO. 20th Anniversary (2019)

Helmut Newton. SUMO. 20th Anniversary Edition, Taschen, 2019 The original 1999 SUMO weighed more than 35 kilos, nearly 80 pounds; this reissue, revised by June Newton, brings it down to a still enormous 10.5 by 14.7 inch hardcover in a slipcase, 464 pages and about 13 pounds, with 394 images and a booklet on the making of the first edition. Taschen still sells it new. Choose it when the book itself is meant to be the centerpiece of a low table that can take the weight. Newton's women are often nude and the mood is deliberately provocative, so think about the room, and the recipient, before you put it out.